We are a vibrant, multi-generational church located in beautiful Yardley, PA with services at 9 and 10:45 am on Sunday mornings. We invite you to worship with us and experience the love of Christ through his Word and the hospitality of our church family!
Our church is filled with many young families and has a strong passion for discipleship and outreach to and through all ages. We prioritize the faithful preaching, teaching, and speaking of God's Word as the means through which all our ministry growth takes place. We strive to be a people who are dependent on the Holy Spirit, rooted in the Bible, centered on the gospel, devoted to one another, and focused on the mission of Jesus Christ.
Our mission statement outlines the reason for our existence and the goal of our ministry. Riverstone Church exists to advance the gospel by making disciples who make disciples. We believe this is simply another way of stating the biblical mission of the Church—the Great Commission of sharing the gospel (good news) of Jesus Christ. (Matt 28:18-20; Luke 24:46-48; John 20:21-23, Acts 1:8).
What is the gospel?
WE ARE GREAT SINNERS AND CHRIST IS A GREAT SAVIOR
The word gospel means good news. The Bible teaches that the gospel is the good news about what God has done, in his unmerited grace, through the life, death and resurrection of His Son Jesus Christ, to deliver rebellious and sinful people from His wrath and bring them into eternal life through faith alone in Christ alone.
The gospel is not only the power of God to save us by grace—it is also the power of God to change us by grace. The entirety of the Christian life is centered around the gospel and its ongoing implications for our convictions, character and conduct.
To say it differently, the gospel can be summarized in these two affirmations: we are great sinners and Christ is a great Savior.
What is a disciple?
Forgiven followers of jesus WHO ARE GROWING to become like him
When a person trusts in Jesus Christ alone for their salvation, they become a
disciple. A disciple is a forgiven follower of Jesus who is growing to become like Him. In the Bible, the words disciple and Christian are synonymous—every Christian is a disciple.
True disciples are marked by lives of abiding in Christ and his Word (John 8:31), loving one another as Jesus has loved them (John 13:34-35) and bearing much fruit to the glory of God (John 15:8).
How are disciples made?
GOD'S SPIRIT + GOD'S WORD + GOD'S PEOPLE + TIME
God not only commissions us to make disciples, but also tells us how this is to be done. The basic ingredients that go into making disciples are God's Spirit, God's Word, God's People and time. The Holy Spirit uses the Word of God (the gospel) through the ministry of the people of God (the church) over time to bring people to become forgiven followers of Jesus and grow to become like Him.
Our aim is that this biblical process of:
• prayerful dependence on the Holy Spirit
• the centrality of God's Word
• the ministry of all of God's people
• and patience over time
will permeate the entirety of our ministry as a church and lead to more disciples being made, matured and multiplied.
Our mission statement outlines the reason for our existence and the goal of our ministry. Riverstone Church exists to advance the gospel by making disciples who make disciples. We believe this is simply another way of stating the biblical mission of the Church—the Great Commission (Matt 28:18-20; Luke 24:46-48; John 20:21-23, Acts 1:8).